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A comment on Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called his own account a bot. Parent comment

Re:Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called h... by parineum on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:09PM (#32364145)
> It crashed because of his antics.

Is this true? My understanding is that the "crash" is inline with other tech companies losing value in the same period. IIRC (and I might not!), it only looks like Musk caused the crash if show only the Twitter price. Once you overlay it with some other stocks, it looks pretty normal.

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Re:Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called h... by vitus on Saturday August 06, 2022 @12:11AM (#32364761)
> Is this true? My understanding is that the "crash" is inline with other tech companies losing value in the same period.

It spiked because of his antics and then crashed because of his antics.

Twitter stock today ($42.52) is basically where it was at the beginning of the year ($42.66 on Jan 3), on April 1 ($39.31, right before it was disclosed that Musk was the single largest shareholder), and where it was on May 16 ($37.39, after most of the fallout of him pulling out).

Please let me know if another tech stock's price has jumps that are aligned with those events.

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Re:Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called h... by parineum on Saturday August 06, 2022 @05:05PM (#32371583)
wouldn't the "damages" be the difference between today's price and the price it would be today had there been no actions by Musk?

I'm having trouble finding a shareable link but it's clear he had an effect on the price when he made the offer and when he pulled out but, to me, TWTR appears to have gained in value compared to AMZN, GOOG and AAPL YTD.

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